On Monday, the Confédération Africaine de Football (“CAF”) announced key changes relating to the 2024–2025 Interclub season, including the confirmed number of slots available to each Member Association.The 2024–2025 CAF Interclub season, the CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup, will kick off with the preliminary round scheduled between August 16–18, 2024.The group stages are scheduled between October and December 2024.Both competitions’ knockout phase and final will be between March and May 2025.##NAJAVA_MECA_8136264##CAF has confirmed the 12 highest-ranked member associations, according to the CAF coefficient, who will be eligible to enter two clubs in the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup.The 12 highest-ranked national associations are Algeria, Angola, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, RD Congo, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, and Tanzania.CAF kicked off the registration period for member associations to register their qualified clubs on the CAF Competitions Management System (CMS).An 11 year scam? Nsue played illegally for Equatorial GuineaRegistration Windows: Four registration window periods have been confirmed to all Participating Member Associations as follows:01 July – 20 July: Players participating in the Preliminary Round21 July – 31 August: Players participating in the Second Preliminary Round01 – 30 September: Players participating in the Group Stages01 – 31 January 2025: Maximum of seven (7) additional players, including four (4) replacements.Mara’s Ouma reveals ambitious keepers’ targetsCompetition Format:The addition of the second preliminary round of the CAF Confederation Cup remains cancelled.Consequently, teams eliminated in the second round of the CAF Champions League will no longer transition into the CAF Confederation Cup.Clubs that advance from the second preliminary round of the CAF Confederation Cup will proceed directly to the competition’s group stage.
